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You might still be digging for devices to connect to your Wi-Fi 7 router, but Qualcomm is already forging ahead. At Mobile World Congress this week, it showed off a new Wi-Fi 8-capable chip in the FastConnect 8800. It’s designed to provide the kind of extreme bandwidth and concurrent connection …

Rocket Labs has launched its Electron small launch vehicle over 60 times over the past seven years, and CEO Peter Beck has been talking up its viability as a direct competitor for the likes of SpaceX in the small satellite space. He claims that while other companies with larger rockets …

Nvidia might be best known as a graphics card company, but its business focus is decidedly elsewhere. With most of its revenue coming from AI and data center sales, it’s no wonder that we’re already getting a look beyond existing Blackwell chips. At Nvidia’s GTC conference this week, it showed …

Scientists in China have developed an injectable hydrogel aimed at treating early-stage osteoarthritis. The biomaterial is said to relieve arthritis-related discomfort and slow the condition’s progression using “hydrogel microspheres” and targeted antibodies. The therapy has so far succeeded in trials involving rats.Affecting more than 90 million Americans at any given …

Motherboards have gotten pretty outrageous over the past few years. Back in the day, spending $500 on a motherboard was seen as extreme, but nowadays, we have boards that cost $1,200, like the MSI Godlike. Now, Gigabyte is one-upping all those fancy boards with a new limited-edition model with a …

As far as adorably tiny trucks and vans go, Japan has the rest of the world beat. The country is known for using “kei cars,” relatively affordable, ultra-compact vehicles, to conduct personal and commercial transportation on narrow streets. Though kei cars have historically been gas-powered, electric versions are beginning to …

With Computex fully underway, the war for showing off the most audacious RTX 4090 has begun in earnest. Several companies have announced beastly versions of Nvidia’s flagship GPU, but a new partnership between PNY and Cooler Master takes the cake for offering the thickest of them all. The two companies …

Intel recently announced its lineup of Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs for workstations. They’re still a month or two away, but in the lead-up to the on-sale date, Intel invited German overclocker de8auer to its labs for a quick overclocking test. That some Sapphire Rapids workstation CPUs are overclockable is both …

(Photo: Stephen Shankland/Cnet)Cnet reporter Stephen Shankland recently took a tour of Intel’s sprawling Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona, and Intel let him take a peak at a lot of its upcoming chip designs. The result is a photo gallery that is verified to be Not Work Safe if you’re as into …

(Photo: Jan Antonin Kolar/Unsplash)When it comes to smart assistants and data privacy, it appears Amazon’s Alexa is your worst bet. A new analysis conducted by Reviews.org has revealed that out of the smart assistants you could have on your phone or in your home, Alexa collects the most user data—including …